JIM WAGNER

Wendy and Misty are two typical American high school girls who are happily involved with their busy teenage lives.Wendy is a sophomore who plays in the high school marching band. Misty is a senior, at the same school, and is a popular cheerleader who dates the dreamy looking quarterback. They meet each other one stormy night when a devastating tornado viciously slams into their town. They are not outdoors type people and are totally unaware of their physical strength and survival instincts. They must become a team and courageously battle a variety of evil forces that are out to destroy them.This book empowers girls to overcome the stereotypes that they face on a daily basis. It forces them to focus on their lives, on their strengths and weaknesses, rather than what people say or think about them.

Sarah, Robert and Bianca were very upset the night that Donald Trump was elected President of the United States in November 2016. They did not believe in his racist and sexist beliefs. They felt that they were not the values of America. They became involved in a protest march that took place the next day.Not all of the students at the school felt the same way as the three of them. As a result, they had to overcome and survive disgusting verbal threats and nasty physical attacks.

Bullies are Everywhere is a play that features Nicki who is 14 and Eddie is 12. They live on a property a great distance from any town or city with their parents. They cant go to a normal school because it is too far away from their house. They learn from the school of Distance Education where they talk to their teachers each day on the radio.Their mother gets sick and the whole family has to go to the city for her to get medical attention on a weekly basis.Nicki and Eddies lives change dramatically when they go to live with their grandmother and enroll in a big high school that apparently has many weird teachers and is full of bullies.The play has twelve characters and is recommended for middle school kids to read and to perform in.

Jaydens life completely changes the moment that Sue sits down next to him in Math class on Monday morning. He is young and uninterested in girls. He has never had a girlfriend in his life and does not understand girls at all. His life is filled with constantly playing basketball with his friends.When Sue invites him to lunch, he gets a taste of teen romance. He is immediately pushed out of his comfort zone and into a world of girl talk and jealousy.He becomes very friendly with Sue and her friends but by Saturday he finds himself and Sue dodging bullets and being chased by criminals on motorbikes.

Angela was new to the neighborhood. She had no friends until she met Alex. He was not too keen on being friends with a girl. His friends, Tommy, Johnny and Richard absolutely refused to have anything to do with her.Angela and Alex begin to do a few things together because Angela keeps showing up at his front door. They wander into the rain forest and Alex is amazed and impressed with how much she knows about the plants and the animals that live there.Angela is very annoyed with two greedy men who built an illegal road that destroyed a huge chunk of Nature. Alex becomes angry with them too, and they take action against them, which gets very nasty, very nasty indeed.

Creeps is a mall play that can be performed with a cast of fourteen teens on a rather small stage. The action revolves around a group of teens who are enjoying their day at the mall until they are insulted by a group of kids who think that they are really, really cool. The geeks take a stand and prank the cool kids, which is not appreciated by these very coolest of teens.The play is quite entertaining and will have the audience laughing throughout. The audience is asked many questions including, Who has a better time at the mall, the cool kids or the geeks?Creeps is certainly recommended for all high school Drama Programs as well as teen Theatrical Companies and Dramatic Groups.

Donny is 12 and Katie is 10. Their mother is sick and cannot look after them. They must fly half-way around the world, by themselves, in order to live with their uncle. This proves to be quite difficult because they are only kids and have only traveled with adults before.It becomes more difficult when they miss flights, get locked out of their hotel room, lose their passports as well as get into trouble with the police.Throughout their journey, they have many adventures and challenges. Donny and Katie learn how to help and support each other in every situation that they find themselves, and they find themselves in many strange, difficult and odd situations.

Surviving Romeos and Juliets is a very funny play to watch and to perform.Jakobs mother is putting pressure on him, too much pressure. He needs to finish his Shakespeare assignment in record time to get her off of his back. He turns to the internet for help, but that help comes at a cost, a loud and somewhat confusing cost.In the tradition of Shakespeares comedies, there is chaos on stage as characters dress up in clothes that change their gender.The play has seven characters and only one set, making it easy to produce on a small stage.This play is recommended for high school drama productions because it allows teenagers, who love to perform, the opportunity to entertain an audience and make them laugh out loud a lot.

High school can be difficult at times, but Chloe is looking forward to her last year. She has a lot of it planned. She and her boyfriend, Tim, are going to have a great social time doing everything that is fun and memorable with all of the other senior students at the school.Her whole world collapses, however, as soon as she comes home from holidays with her father and her brother. Her plans are shattered and she has to re-build her life without Tim.That is when she sees another side of high school. She is shocked and confused and not ready for it.

Emily and Simone expect a normal night out at the Cinema, but their friend Caitlyn is acting very strange. She is totally distracted and her only interest is in riding in cars with her head out the window with the wind blowing though her hair. Emily and Simone are very concerned, and for a very good reason. Caitlyn is willing to get into a car with any random driver, and she does.Emily and Simone plan to be with Caitlyn at all times to protect her, but that proves very difficult.Emilys brother, Luke, is enlisted to help them out and he ends up helping them much more than anyone ever imagined.

Shawn and Stephanie are young teens that have it all. They live in a great apartment in New York City that overlooks Central Park, and their mother is very rich. Life could not be better for them until their mother divorces and decides to change their address, not a little, but a lot. She decides to move the family to Cairns, in Australia, half-way around the world.Stephanie is certainly not impressed with the decision and does everything in her power to make it NOT happen, which does not work. The move is made and the three of them face many disasters and multiple problems as soon as they step out of their apartment door. Shawn tries his best to fix everything while Stephanie over reacts very loudly to every odd situation that occurs.

Zac is a young teen who does not think before he acts. One of his silly actions goes very wrong, causing young witches at his school to put a number of curses on him. As a result he cannot even catch a ball before it bounces off of his head. He needs help, but he is nasty and mean to those who try to help him. As his troubles get worse, he learns to trust people and take their advice, mostly, until his temper flares up once again and he finds himself in more trouble.Zacs story is fun to read and interesting for tweenies and young teens to think about.

Dwaynes goal is simple. He wants to survive year nine at school. That is not as easy as it sounds because he is a constant target of bullies. He normally hides from everyone at school when he is not being hit with flying wads of paper in a classroom.Dwayne lives in a weird world. His parents are separated, his brother refuses to talk, he is the smallest kid in his class and worst of all his mother starts to date his Science teacher.Dwayne learns how to live in this weird world, although some days are harder than others.

Bens long time dream was to turn his basement into a Man Cave. His vision included building a bar, putting 3 televisions on the wall, having stools, a couch, refrigerator and card table where he and his friends could relax and watch sport. He was able to achieve his dream when his kids grew up and moved out of his house. He was thrilled on the first night of operation when he invited his friends to watch an endless amount of sport on 3 screens and to drink cold beer. They all thought that they were in heaven, Sports Heaven. Circumstances changed for Ben, however, when other members of his family became interested in enjoying the pleasures of his Man Cave.

Walter and Beatrice are a married couple in their mid eighties who sit on stage in their favorite chairs where they often fall asleep while watching television. Their son, a 58 year old who as never left home, upsets their routine when he introduces his new giorlfriend to them. They are not impressed and dislike her immediately. Their other son, who they kicked out of their house 40 years ago, suddenly appears in their house demanding money. Schemes are hatched to get rid of the girlfriend and and their mean and bully of a son so life can return to normal.

Jenny, a 29 year old mother of three, has finally had enough of her loveless marriage. She packs up her kids and her life and heads off to find a better place to live, one filled with joy and content

A new president and a new Administration are always going to change the face of American politics and have an impact on American life. After watching Donald Trump take on the title of Commander and Chief of the USA and leader of the Free World, I had to comment on his incompetence for the job.Unfortunately, he is not the type of president who should be in power in the 21st Century. He is much more like a king who lived in 17th Century Europe.

Tegan is SO looking forward to her 14th birthday. That is all that her, and her friends, have been talking about and planning for months. The big day arrives but Tegans big plans are absolutely destroyed very early in the morning. She is forced to spend the whole day with her grandmother and she is not very happy about that.The day, however, becomes one action filled adventure after another. Everything that happens turns out differently to anything that she ever expected. She learns to look at her grandmother in a totally different way.

Three generations of women struggle to find a sense of peace and happiness in their lives and with their families.Carol was forced to leave home when she was eighteen. She was driven out by a heartless, cruel and unsympathetic mother.Her daughter, Michelle, had to leave home at the age of eighteen as personal tragedy wrecked her life.Now Carols grand daughter, Martha, is having issues at home. Will she carry on the sad tradition of leaving home at an early age?Can the members of this family forget about the tragedies of the past and create positive memories in the future?Can the three of them come together and find a place to call home?Written for all ages.A book that follows one familys difficult journey from the 1960s to the present.

Georgia and Ellie are best friends. They do everything together. One day Ellie is challenged to go into a haunted house by herself. Georgia goes along to support her. Both girls go into the house and are literally scared to death. They vow never to return, but they do. There is something about Charles the ghost that keeps them coming back.